Pad for window-washing apparatus



Jam- '19 1926.

- 1,570,206 J. C. G. BONNEY PAD FOR WINDOW WASHING APPARATUS Filed June 25, 1925 fag/gfzmmmm 5 Y Patented Jan. 19 1926.

JOHN C. G. BONNEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PAD FOR WINDOVFWASHING APPARATUS.

Application filed June 25, 1923. Serial No. 647,487.

To all whom it may concern Be it'lrnown that I, JOHN C. G. BONNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pads for WindowlVashing Apparatus, of which the following is a description.

This invention has reference to devices for cleaning windows and, particularly, relates to the pads, to be applied to the blocks, for both washing the window-panes and for drying and polishing the same.

Among the objects of my invention may be noted the following: To provide a pad which is strong, durable, effective and will not be bulky, regardless of the material of which it is made; to provide a pad for window-washers which is neat in appearance, will the block snugly, and will not shift its position while in use; to provide a pad which can be quickly and easily applied to the block and removed therefrom when necessary and which is interchangeable with others for all blocks of approximately the same size; and to provide a pad which is reinforced at all vital points to take the wear and strain in usage, and which can be washed or cleaned and used indefinitely.

In order that my invention may be'readily understood, I have provided drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of apad-block for window-washers having a pad of my invention applied thereto Figure 2 is a view showing the structure of Figure 1 in side elevation; and

Figure 3 is a plan View of the pad showing the latter open and ready to be slipped upon a block.

It will be understood that the pad-blocks may be of any desired shape, being usually square or rectangular. The pads are made to lit the blocks, tightly and smoothly, and are made of various materials according to whether they are to be used for washing or for drying and polishing the windows. The form is the same, regardless of the use to which the pad is put, and any slight variation in the form or size of the block will not seriously affect the adaptation of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the body of the pad which is, generally speaking, rectangular in form and at one side is provided-with a pocket 2, into which one side of the block is slipped. At the. side opposite the pocket, the pad is shaped by removing the corners of the square material, leaving two inclined edges 3 and an intermediate slightly curved'edge 4. The corners of the pocket 2 are reinforced by the application. of pieces of heavy braid or tape 5, the same being so applied as to provide an underlap, as at 6, for the face or functional side of the pad so that the angles or corners of the pad-blocks will not poke through or readily wear through. See Figure 2. The inclined edges 3 are also reinforced by binding with pieces of braid or tape, as at 7. The entire edge of the pocket and the sides of pad up to the reinforced edges 3 are bound by a reinforcing tape-pocket 8. and the edge 4 is likewise bound by a reinforcing tape-pocket 9. A draw-string 10 is inserted in the pocket 8, at the end 11, from which pocket it issues at the end Y12, and is then inserted in the pocket 9 at the end 13, from which pocket it issues at 14:.

The block shown is the same as that disclosed in my application filed of even date herewith, and the angular body thereof is indicated by 15, its cam-member by 16 and its bridge by 17.

When the pad is applied, an edge of the block is inserted in the pocket while the pad is in open condition, as in Figure 3. The pocket is then closed upon the block by pulling upon both ends of the draw-string 10, the edge 49 of the pad closing over the body of the block at one side, and the adjacent corners of the block being covered by the binding 7 at the edges 3. When the draw-string is drawn tight and tied, the pocket covers the block, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the pad being drawn quite tightly and smoothly upon the block.

It will be seen that all four corners of the pad are reinforced, so that the angles of the block will not poke nor readily wear through; that the form of the pad enables it to readily fit and conform to the shape of the block; that the shaping of the pad by drawing it tightly over the block enables the functional surface of the pad to be always smooth, thus avoiding smearing and streaking the window-pane; and that the pads can be quickly applied and removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pad for window washers formed of a IOU sheet of material provided with a pocket at one side and an angular flap at the opposite side both the pocket and flap having a tubular binding adapted to carry a drawstring, and a string passed through said bindings for drawing and flap and pocket together.

2. The combination in a device for Win- (lOW Washers, oi? a rectangular block and a pad on said block comprising a sheet of fabrie having; on. its top side along one edge thereoi a Docket fitting oi'er one edge of said bloel: and at the opposite edge a flap folded over the edge of said block, the corners of said sheet being reinforced and cut aWa to permit folding of the margins of the sheet over the block and for uniting the contacting;

edges Without wrinkling, and the edges of the pocket and flap having; tubular bindings, and a drawstring in said bindings.

3. A pad for window Washers composed of a piece of sheet material having one side thereof formed into an angular pocket for the reception of a pad block, the opposite side of the sheet being angular and normally flat and adapted to be folded over said block. the corner portions of both the pocket and angular side having reinforcing strips applied thereto, and the edges of the pocket and side having a tubular binding, and a drawstring inelosed by said binding.

JOHN C. G. BONNEY. 

